Creator:
Galloway, Leon J.
Inclusive Dates:
1711- 1962
Abstract:
Collection created by Leon Galloway of
Hicksville, New York, presumably based on his personal interests. Correspondence of military
members of the Confederate States of America and Civil War currency. Contracts, land
surveys, photo albums, and books about the Hicksite Quakers. Correspondence of the Saunders
family.
Type of Material:
Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Paper money.
Autograph albums.
Correspondence.
Postage stamps.
Contracts.
Land surveys.
Marriage certificates.
Wills.
Manuscripts (documents)
War bonds.
Engravings (prints)
Subject:
United States -- Church history -- 19th century.
Lincoln's Inn Fields (London, England)
Hicksville (N.Y.)
Oyster Bay (N.Y.)
Jericho (Nassau County, N.Y.)
Westbury (Nassau County, N.Y.)
Religion and philosophy
Civil War (U.S.)
Hicksites -- United States -- History.
Confederate States of America.
Society of Friends.
Quakers.
Creator:
Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895.
Inclusive Dates:
1845- 1957
Abstract:
Papers of the American sculptor. Correspondence to and from Volk family members; photographs of a bust of Volk by David Richards, works by Volk, family members, and the areas around Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Wells, New York; and material relating to the acquisition of the collection by Edward Deming Andrews, grand-nephew of Volk.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
Artists.
Sculptors.
Art -- Sculptors
Civil War (U.S.)
Art, American.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American -- 19th century.
Creator:
Laughton family.
Inclusive Dates:
1861- 1865
Abstract:
Civil War era correspondence, printed material from a 19th century New York family. Bulk of correspondence is from soldiers Joseph Laughton and his brother John Laughton.
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Soldiers.
New York State
Civil War (U.S.)